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Mix of renter relief and landlord concern around annual allowable rent increase in B.C

B.C's 1.5 million renters are breathing a sigh of relief. Premier John Horgan says the annual allowable rent increase in B.C will be limited to 2.5% or the inflation rate for 2019. "I believe the resp...

Valleyview Secondary hold and secure now over

An incident at Valleyview Seconday in Kamloops today forced the facility to close on whats called a, "hold and secure" for about half an hour. Kamloops School District Spokesperson Diana Skoglund says...

Kamloops Council Candidate aiming for greater accountability from city hall

A candidate for Kamloops Council feels one of his biggest objectives is to make the City Hall more accountable. "My biggest focus probably would be making city hall more accountable. We've got to remi...

Kamloops Mayor laying out issues he brought to UBCM meetings

Kamloops Mayor Ken Christian raised a number of important issues with various cabinet ministers at the recently completed Union of B.C Municipalities convention. Christian says one of those gatherings...

Kamloops Councillor wondering what Greyhound leaving will mean for those leaving KRCC

One Kamloops Councillor is worried about the safety of the city once the Greyhound bus service ends at the end of next month. Dieder Dudy notes prisoners are usually given bus passes to leave after se...

Fair Vote Canada website briefly taken down by cyber attack

A website set up by Fair Vote Canada to fact check claims in the B.C. proportional representation debate was taken down by a denial of service attack. "Its disturbing that this kind of thing would hap...

Cannabis researcher points to marijuana use in combating the opioid crisis

A long time marijuana researcher says the opioid crisis could take a big hit from what's known as the "cannabis substitution effect". Tilray's V.P of Patient Research and Access, Phillipe Lucas says i...

Kamloops residential sales market still doing better than the rest of B.C

Kamloops bucking the B.C trend in home sales. The British Columbia Real Estate Association reports across the province in August, there was a 26.4 per cent decrease from the same month last year. Econ...

B.C tree planters facing recruitment and retention challenges

B.C's tree planting industry is facing several major obstacles as it strives to survive in the future. After a summit meeting in Kamloops, the Executive Director of the Western Forestry Contractors As...

Kamloops Council approves improvement spending for old Stuart Wood School area

By a vote of five to three, Kamloops Council has approved spending 200 thousand dollars on improvements around the old Stuart Wood School. The goal is to make the area around the site safer and more f...